Pathogenic and non-pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens, A. rhizogenes and A. vitis strains form biofilms on abiotic as well as on root surfaces

Plant Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-425

  Abarca Grau, A M ^a   Penyalver, R ^a   Lopez M M ^a   Marco Noales, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial attachment; Crown gall; Electron and confocal microscopy; Multicellular structures; Rhizosphere; Root colonization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; POLYMER; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLING; SILICATE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM; VITACEAE;

EID: 79955544032     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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